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Calliostoma bullatum (Philippi, 1844)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Trochus bullatus Philippi, 1844

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 2010. Previously known only as fossils dating to the Middle Pleistocene at the latest.

 

Distribution

NE Atlantic Ocean

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28.

 

Other references:

Hoffman, Leon et al. (2019). Last snails standing since the Early Pleistocene, a tale of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda) living in deep-water coral habitats in the north-eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 4613(1): 93-110.

La Perna R. and d'Abramo M. (2010). Una collezione di G. Seguenza conservata presso I'lstituto Tecnico Commerciale "O.G. Costa" di Lecce. Bollettino Malacologico. 46: 29-35.

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma bullatum (Philippi, 1844). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335438 on 2022-04-03

http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2019/06/calliostoma-bullatum-extinct.html

 

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